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Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 196

Title: Digging of Public Land

State: Central

Year: 1924

Whoever, without the permission in writing of the1[Board], digs up the surface of any open space in the cantonment, which is not private property, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to2[two hundred and fifty rupees], and, in the case of a continuing offence,3[with an additional fine] which may extend to4[fifty rupees] for every day after the first during which the offence continues. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority" 2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 114, for "twenty rupees" w.e.f. 1-10-1983. 3. Substituted by Act 8 of 1930, section 2, and Schedule I, for "to an additional fine". 4. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 114, for "five rupees" w.e.f. 1-10-1983.

Cantonments Act, 2006 Section 263

Title: Digging of Public Land

State: Central

Year: 2006

Whoever, without the permission in writing of the Chief Executive Officer, digs up the surface of any open space in the cantonment, which is not private property, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand five hundred rupees and in the case of a continuing offence, with an additional fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for every day after the first during which the offence continues.

The Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002 [1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 2002

THE KERALA GROUND WATER (CONTROL AND REGULATION) ACT, 2002 [1] ACT 19 OF 2002 THE KERALA GROUND WATER (CONTROL AND REGULATION) ACT, 2002 [1] AN ACT to provide for the conservation of ground water and for the regulation and control of its extraction and use in the State of Kerala. Preamble:--WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the conservation of Ground Water and for the regulation and control of its extraction and use in the State of Kerala; AND WHEREAS in certain areas of the State the tendency of indiscriminate extraction of Ground Water is continuing; AND WHEREAS it is felt that the erratic extraction of ground water is found to result in undesired environmental problems in such areas: AND WHEREAS the ground water is a critical resource of the State; AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary in the public interest to regulate and control any form of development of ground water in the State of Kerala; BE it enacted in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows: - 1. Short title, extent and commencement.--(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002. (2) It extends to the whole of the State.....

The Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2011 Complete Act

State: Jharkhand

Year: 2011

.....or the Nagar Panchayat, the Executive Officer of the Municipal Council or the Nagar Panchayat; (47) "Factory" means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948; (48) "Filth" means (a) night soil or other contents of latrines, cesspools and drains; (b) dirt, dung, refuse, useless or offensive materials thrown out in consequence of any process of manufacture, industry or trade; and (c) putrid or putrifying substance, (49) "Finance Commission" means the State Finance Commission constituted under Article 243-I of the Constitution of India and referred to in section 97 of this Act; (50) "Food" includes every article used for food or drink by man, other than drugs or water, and any article which ordinarily enters into, or is used in the composition or preparation of, human food, and also includes confectionery, flavouring and colouring matters, spices and condiments; (51) "Footpath" means a pavement, for use by pedestrians; (52) "Goods" include animals; (53) "Government" means the State Government of Jharkhand; (54) "Holding" means land held under one title or agreement and surrounded by one set of boundaries: Provided that, where two or more adjoining holdings held by the same.....

Bombay Gas Companies Act, 1863 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1863

.....any town or place not within the jurisdiction of9[The High Court of Judicature at Bombay] in the same manner as damages are recoverable under this Act. SECTION 08: POWER TO ENTER BUILDINGS FOR ASCERTAINING QUANTITY OF GAS CONSUMED The clerk, engineer or other officer duly appointed for the purpose by the said Company may at all reasonable times enter any buildings, or place, lighted with gas supplied by the said Company, in order to inspect the meters, fittings and works for regulating the supply of gas, and for purpose of ascertaining the quantity of gas consumed or supplied ;and if any person hinder such officer as aforesaid from entering and making such inspection as aforesaid, at any reasonable time, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit to the said Company a sum not exceeding fifty rupees. SECTION 09: [RECOVERY OF RENTS DUE FOR GAS.] Rep. by Bom. 13 of 1950, s. 8. SECTION 10: [POWER TO REMOVE PIPES WHEN SUPPLY OF GAS DISCONTINUED.] Repealed by Bom. 13 of 1950, s. 8. SECTION 11: METERS, ETC., NOT LIABLE TO DISTRANT FOR RENT Any pipe, meter, fitting or other work let for hire by the said Company shall not be subject to distress for rent or revenue, or any rate or tax.....

The Mizoram Municipalities Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Mizoram

Year: 2007

THE MIZORAM MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 2007 THE MIZORAM MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 2007 (Act No.6 of 2007) [Received the assent of the Governor of Mizoram on 16th April/2007] An Act to provide for the administration of town areas and to establish municipalities in towns, transitional areas and urban areas in Mizoram. Whereas it is expedient and necessary to provide for the administration of town areas viz., transitional areas and urban areas and to introduce municipalities in Mizoram for the purpose of bringing them in conformity with the purpose, substance and direction of the Constitution (Seventy-fourth) Amendment Act, 1992 in general, and in particular to endow the municipalities with functions and powers so as to enable them to function as vibrant Institution of Local Self Government with greater People's participation in managing their own affairs besides importing certainty, continuity and democratic content and dignity, aiming among other things at the realisation of economic and social justice; It is enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER -I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent.....

Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1980

..... (7) "building of the warehouse class" means a building, the whole or a substantial part of which is used, or intended to be used, as a warehouse, factory, manufactory, brewery, or distillery, or for any similar purpose, which is neither a "domestic building" nor a "public building" as defined in this section, and includes a hut used or intended to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this clause; (8) "bustee" means an area containing land not less than seven hundred square metres in area occupied by or for the purposes of any collection of huts or other structures used or intended to be used for human habitation. Explanation.-If any question arises as to whether any particular area is or is not a bustee, the Corporation shall decide the question and its decision shall be final; (9) "Kolkata" means the area described in Schedule I; 3 Clause (10) omitted by s. 2 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1996 (West Ben. Act VI of 1996) (with retrospective effect from 4.12.1995), which was earlier as under: '(10) "candidate" in section 75 and in Schedule III means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election of a Councillor or who claims.....

West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1993

.....epidemic, endemic, or infectious disease which the State Government may, by notification, declare to be a dangerous disease for the purposes of this Act; 44. Clause (15A) ins, by W.B. Act 45 of 1994. (15A) "District Magistrate" means the District Magistrate referred to in sub-section (1) of S.20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; 55. Clauses (15B) and (15C) ins. by W.B. Act 32 of 1997. (15B) "District Planning Committee" means the District Planning Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of S.3 of the West Bengal District Planning Committee Act, 1994, and includes the Siliguri Sub-Division Planning Committee; 55. Clauses (15B) and (15C) ins. by W.B. Act 32 of 1997. (15C) "Draft Development Plan" means the Draft Development Plan prepared under section 297; (16) "drain" includes a sewer, a house-drain, a drain of any other description, a tunnel, a culvert, a ditch, a channel and any other device for carrying of sullage, sewage, offensive matter, polluted water, rain-water or subsoil water; (17) "drug" means any substance used as medicine or in the composition or preparation of medicines, whether for internal or external use, but does not include a drug within the.....

Oriental Gas Company 1857 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1857

.....19564, and in any town or place not within the jurisdiction of any of Her Majesty's Courts, in the same manner as damages are recoverable under this Act. SECTION 08: POWER TO ENTER BUILDINGS FOR ASCERTAINING QUANTITY OF GAS CONSUMED The Clerk, Engineer, or other officer duly appointed for the purpose by the said Company may, at all reasonable times, enter any buildings or place lighted with Gas supplied by the said Company, in order to inspect the meters, fittings, and works for regulating the supply of Gas, and for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of Gas consumed or supplied; and if any person hinder such officer as aforesaid from entering and making such inspection as aforesaid at any reasonable time; he shall, for every such offence, forfeit to the said Company a sum not exceeding fifty rupees. SECTION 09: RECOVERY OF RENT DUE FOR GAS If any person supplied with Gas, or any person to whom any meter or fitting shall have been let for hire by the said Company neglect to pay the rent due for the same to the said Company, the said Company may stop the Gas from entering the premises of such person, by cutting off the service-pipes, or by such means as the said Company shall.....

West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1955

.....of his own interest therein, but does not include the right of the bargadar to cultivate the land of the holding; 1010. Clause (7) subs. by W.B. Act Act 50 of 1981, which was earlier as under: "(7) "land" means agricultural land other than land comprised in a tea- garden which is retained under sub-section (3) of section 6 of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953, and includes home-steads but does not include tank. Explanation: "Homestead" shall have the same meaning as in the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953.'. (7) "land" means land of every description and includes tank, tank-fishery, fishery, homestead, or land used for the purpose of livestock breeding, poultry farming, dairy or land comprised in tea garden, mill, factory, workshop, orchard, hat, bazar, ferries, tolls or land having any other sairati interests and any other land together with all interests, and benefits arising out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to earth; (8) "Personal cultivation" means cultivation by a person of his own land on his own account (a) by his own labour, or (b) by the labour of any member of his family, or (c) by.....